The memorial service for those killed in the Vancouver Island plane crash included a four-plane fly over by four Grumman Goose amphibious aircraft--the same type the victims died in. The memorial was held Tuesday night in a Pacific Coast Airlines hangar in Port Hardy. Pilot Simon Lawrence and 4 Seaspan International Ltd employees died Sunday morning.
What: Pacific Coastal Airlines Grumman Goose G21A amphibious plane on a 30-minute flight between Port Hardy and Chamiss Bay
Where: Northern Vancouver Island. The plane went down on a hillside dense with foliage outside Port Hardy
When: August 03, 2008 ten minutes after take-off. Rescue crews finally spotted the wreckage around 4:30 p.m.
Who: Five died; There were two survivors, one injured, one not.
Why: The cause of the crash is under investigation. It is suggested that engine stall caused the crash.
Both surviving men were among a crew of six workers with Seaspan International headed to Chamiss Bay to load logs onto barges. The pilot was employed by Pacific Coastal Airlines
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